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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I agree 100%, Sunil.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It seems that the war in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> has
evolved into a civil war between the Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. We are
stuck right in the middle of it and still without any exit strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bush’s strategy is to simply “Stay
the course.” Send more troops. Fill more body bags. And
still nobody has answered the question, “Why?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>How deep is the hole, papa? 1,800
bodies and climbing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And the beat goes on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Take care, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>"If not us, who?<br>
If not now, when?"<br>
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- Unknown<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sunil Ramalingam<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 30, 2005
12:22 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pkraut@moscow.com; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision2020@moscow.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] Just
info</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pat,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm not
surprised that people in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kirkuk</st1:place></st1:City>
don't want strict Muslims in charge; they're Sunnis, not Shiites. But the
version of the constitution that is being pushed by the Shiites will give the
mullahs far more control than they ever had under Hussein. They're going
to look more like <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region>
than anything else. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I don't
think that was our goal when we invaded, no matter what the pretext.<br>
<br>
Sunil<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>From: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>"Pat
Kraut" <pkraut@moscow.com></span></i><br>
To: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>"vision2020" <<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision2020@moscow.com</st1:PersonName>></span></i><br>
Subject: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>[Vision2020] Just info</span></i><br>
Date: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:05:56
-0700</span></i><br>
>I had a fascinating talk with a soldier who is home from <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> on
Saturday<br>
>about how things really are in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>. I had heard a talk show host
quote the<br>
>Brookings institute stats and found them to see how they correlate with the<br>
>soldier experience.<br>
>One of the things the soldier told me was that there are mud homes in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
>that look like they've been there 400 years and recently they have
satillite<br>
>dishes on them. I found this good news. Not that they may just be watching<br>
>reruns of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City>
but that they may be watching the BBC, CNN, Fox or anything<br>
>other than Al Jezera(spelling?). I was informed that they are and that in<br>
><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kirkuk</st1:place></st1:City>
where he is working the people are very aware of why we are there and<br>
>have no desire for us to leave soon. But, the children and the teens are
the<br>
>most encouraging part of his interworking with the people. The zealot<br>
>muslums are oppresive to everyone and the children and teens know it. They<br>
>want freedom and they know that the strict muslums don't offer it. I have<br>
>also heard this about children and teens in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iran</st1:place></st1:country-region> from people who work there.<br>
>I don't know if any of you have had a chance to talk to soldiers or those<br>
>who work for NGO's that are actually working in the area but I have learned<br>
>a lot from them that you never see in the major news. But, blogs and other<br>
>sites have the truth.<br>
>As an example: how many of you know that the counter rally in Crawford was<br>
>attended by many parents of dead soldiers. Did anyone read in any news<br>
>report or see any photo of the father removing the cross that Sheehan and<br>
>Moveon.org have put up in Crawford?<br>
>I bet not!<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>I can't be a Republican...I have always been gainfully employed!<br>
><br>
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